ML20058N347

Forwards Inquiry Received from R Pettite.Requests Review & Prompt Response

ML20058N347
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	09/01/1993
From:	Mccain J SENATE
To:	Rathbun D NRC OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS (OCA)
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'ICnifeb Stafes Senate W A$HINGTON. C C. 20510 September 1, 1993 Mr. Dennis K. Rathbun Dir., Ofc. of Cong. Affairs Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

Dear Dennis:

I have enclosed an inquiry which I have received from Royce Pettit, Jr. of Tempt, Arizona. ,

I would greatly appreciate it if you would review this material within existing rules, regulations and ethical guidelines. Please provide me with a prompt response addressing this issue.

PLEASE MARK THE ENVELOPE TO THE ATTENTION OF: Grant Seiffert in my Washington office, 111 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510. Thank you very much for your kind assistance and cooperation.

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l The Honorable John S. McCain, 111 Russell Building, i Washington, D.C. 20510 l i

Dear Senator McCain,

For many years I have been an emergency planner, and Radiological Defense Officer, on the Maricopa County Department of Ehergency i Management staff. Since joining the staff in 1977 I have been -

involved in the emergency planning related to the Palo Verde ,

Nuclear Generating Station (PVNGS) . At this time I wish to request  !

your assistance in bringing to the attention of the Nuclear l

Regulatory Commission (NRC) some problems being caused by their local personnel.

In 1980 the NRC and the Federal Emergency Management Agency published jointly NUREG-0654/ FEMA-REP-1, a joint direction for the response by state and local governments and nuclear generating stations to an emergency at such installations. It included the requirement to establish a joint emergency news center (JENC), j where all information to the public and to the media would be '

coordinated. The essential requirement for this had been evident in the misleading information gathered from varying sources during the Three Mile Island unit 2 accident in 1979. In our annual  :

exercises this has proved itself time and again.  !

However, in the March 14 Alert at the PVNGS and again in today's f dress rehearsal for the evaluated exercise next month the NRC has '

released news information which has not been coordinated with the I state and local representatives in the JENC. The information does '

not necessarily agree with that generated by local government or the station, and in a real event would negate the advantages of giving clear information to the media. This is contrary to their own (NUREG-0654) procedures. '

Could you please call this to the attention of the Imc at the Washington level. In this manner, perhaps all government levels could better inform and advise our citizens.

Sincerely, c)u CD Royce E. Pettit, lJr.

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